title: Pseudotumor cerebri following eclampsia.
abstract: Pseudotumor cerebri, or increased intracranial pressure without a mass lesion, has been associated with hormonal activity but the exact causative relation is still obscure. We report a case of a 15-year-old girl who developed pseudotumor cerebri manifested by headache, visual symptoms and extraocular muscle palsies 3 weeks after recovering from eclampsia. Possible associations with eclampsia and postpartum changes in estrogen, progesterone and prolactin are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, New York Medical College, Valhalla.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Koppel
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kaunitz
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tuchman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004461:Eclampsia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed